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., uk, ukraine. of course at this point ukraine doesn't have the power or possibility to face off russia. the other way is for ukraine to become a full member of the eu and nato. the majority of ukrainians support this. after the democratic world stops putin's aggression and ukraine becomes free, it will become a proper and strong partner, able to discuss further interrelations with its neighbors on a one-on-one level and not accept ultimatums from putin or in any other countries. >> there are people, though, in eastern ukraine who don't want to join the eu. do you believe the violence there is russian led? >> i think ukraine has to be very careful and patient and present the people that live in the eastern part a strong argument to make them understand their future is not in the gray zone like crimea which would have sanctions imposed on it. not in the past, which would be in the trading union with russia. instead, our future is in the european union as a full member. i think ukrainians who understa
., uk, ukraine. of course at this point ukraine doesn't have the power or possibility to face off russia. the other way is for ukraine to become a full member of the eu and nato. the majority of ukrainians support this. after the democratic world stops putin's aggression and ukraine becomes free, it will become a proper and strong partner, able to discuss further interrelations with its neighbors on a one-on-one level and not accept ultimatums from putin or in any other countries. >>...
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ukrai ukraine owes russia $3.5 billion. and they have announced talks of cooperation with europe. >>> joining us now in paris, steve? >> hey, ross. just on the geneva one and two accord, i have to remind viewers that if anyone, both sides here, are able to enact geneva one, then maybe we wouldn't need a gentlemeva two. one is military weapons and all kinds of issues on its side. two, pro-russian sectors would leave the buildings and disarm on the other side. three, the talks begin about greater tax for the regions that in the south as well. so if all those things were enacted on both sides, i don't know what to move forward than to get out of geneva one even if it was enacted. now we'll move on to the danger. you heard the acting prime minister in kiev talking about his concerns that this would have geo political manifications from this. yes, the dow is trading at its first yearly high, record high last week, but there's a real concern that economically this could have ramifications even though the world seems to have ignor
ukrai ukraine owes russia $3.5 billion. and they have announced talks of cooperation with europe. >>> joining us now in paris, steve? >> hey, ross. just on the geneva one and two accord, i have to remind viewers that if anyone, both sides here, are able to enact geneva one, then maybe we wouldn't need a gentlemeva two. one is military weapons and all kinds of issues on its side. two, pro-russian sectors would leave the buildings and disarm on the other side. three, the talks...
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the government in ukraine calls this referendum illegal and illegitimate. washington has called it a provocation. washington has said it will not recognize the results of this referendum, which was organized in a somewhat at-hawk way. there were no observers from any country. there were no official ballot papers. they were simply forms printed out that said, do you want to join this end pen depth republic, yes or no? still, thousands and thousands of people came out to say yes, they want to declare independence. this is the pro-russian community. russian speaking, ethnically part of ukraine closer to the russian border that feels that the government in kiev no longer represents them and that the government in kiev which is aligned with washington and aligned to the eu, the european union, is openly hostile to the russian speaking parts of this country. and these feelings, these divisions between the government in kiev which is pro-europe, pro-u.s. and the russian communities here have only gotten worse the last several weeks as the government in kiev has be
the government in ukraine calls this referendum illegal and illegitimate. washington has called it a provocation. washington has said it will not recognize the results of this referendum, which was organized in a somewhat at-hawk way. there were no observers from any country. there were no official ballot papers. they were simply forms printed out that said, do you want to join this end pen depth republic, yes or no? still, thousands and thousands of people came out to say yes, they want to...
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>> i think it's the ukraine for sure. you saw the market then totally roll over when the headlines came out. as soon as he got the jobs data, the market responded favorably. while we want wage growth and we're not getting either, unfortunately you still have a broad-based jobs increases. i looked at the construction numb number, 189,000 that we've created in the last year. that's telling to me. and of course temporary workers, up 24,000, that's a leading indicator, so i think there are some pockets that are encouragin encouraging. >> there are also things from the bulls and bears in this jobs report. either side, murph there's tidbits, so it was a catch-up number that we got? >> i think the key is the market was looking for this number and we got what we wanted. i would say, mel, it's not so much russia, ukraine or the jobs number. i think it's more technicals. we've gotten up to this 1883, 1885 range several times and retraced. so that's what i'm looking. i thought this number might be enough to p usual p through, but if
>> i think it's the ukraine for sure. you saw the market then totally roll over when the headlines came out. as soon as he got the jobs data, the market responded favorably. while we want wage growth and we're not getting either, unfortunately you still have a broad-based jobs increases. i looked at the construction numb number, 189,000 that we've created in the last year. that's telling to me. and of course temporary workers, up 24,000, that's a leading indicator, so i think there are...
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about ukraine. it has to be said saying the country is in a defacto civil war. he said that early on in a speech to business leaders. from his point of view, saved blanchard rather than created it as well. very interesting talking about where russia goes. their economy is teetering on the brink of recession potentially a half percent at best according to many in 2015 and 2014 as well. what he has been saying, is they signed a massive $400 billion deal for long-term gas supplies. they are saying by 2020 this will be worth $200 billion a year. that eurasian trade routes will take part of that trade. and for western european gas supplies, which of course 30% come from russia, saying we could become a swing producer between europe and asia as well. very interesting of course. a lot of concerns about the fall of the ruble. the difficulty some companies have found in financing themselves. talking about the use of the yuan and rubles. he made the point they can lend money at inflation at 1%. it is a major
about ukraine. it has to be said saying the country is in a defacto civil war. he said that early on in a speech to business leaders. from his point of view, saved blanchard rather than created it as well. very interesting talking about where russia goes. their economy is teetering on the brink of recession potentially a half percent at best according to many in 2015 and 2014 as well. what he has been saying, is they signed a massive $400 billion deal for long-term gas supplies. they are saying...
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ukraine? this will depend mainly on him himself. >> reporter: to sum up, this party right now, the key differences between this candidate and the other candidates is that first he's not criticizing moscow. he's not criticizing vladimir putin. the second thing, he's not promising closer ties to europe. and right now, that's not resonating with voters here. he's only pulling around 4% of the votes. we'll be talking more about that later on in the show. for now, i hand back to you. >> thank you so much for that. we'll cross back out to you within an hour's time. >>> this a day after the military imposed nationwide martial law. sri is covering the story in bangkok. watching your reports earlier, it seems as though there's a lot of calm on the streets. if you look at the benchmark index, we're seeing calm as well. would it be fair to say this martial law decree is positive for politics, the economy and the markets? >> reporter: i think that is a fair assumption. the markets are off the view. we did
ukraine? this will depend mainly on him himself. >> reporter: to sum up, this party right now, the key differences between this candidate and the other candidates is that first he's not criticizing moscow. he's not criticizing vladimir putin. the second thing, he's not promising closer ties to europe. and right now, that's not resonating with voters here. he's only pulling around 4% of the votes. we'll be talking more about that later on in the show. for now, i hand back to you. >>...
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but what happens in eastern ukraine, today we have legitimate power and a legitimate president of ukraine and a huge responsibility. and right now huge expectations for everyone. and we need peace fful country. country resolve war. >> you heard from poroshenko, external issues, separatist issues, dialogue with russia, et cetera. but look at the economic stats for the country that are absolutely appalling on a par with the worst i've seen in southern europe. 5% contraction of gdp. double-digit inflation. the currency is down about 25% so far this year. nearly $35 billion in financing over the next couple of years as well. the problems in this country are on france. it will take an extraordinary effort on the prime minister and the mayor of kiev to turn this country around. that's regardless of the other geopolitical issues. it's a mighty task. >> it certainly is. we'll follow it with plenty more on cnbc.com. for now, that's the latest from kiev. >>> it looks like there's some dissension at the bank of japan. one member thinks the central bank should change its assessment of prices because
but what happens in eastern ukraine, today we have legitimate power and a legitimate president of ukraine and a huge responsibility. and right now huge expectations for everyone. and we need peace fful country. country resolve war. >> you heard from poroshenko, external issues, separatist issues, dialogue with russia, et cetera. but look at the economic stats for the country that are absolutely appalling on a par with the worst i've seen in southern europe. 5% contraction of gdp....
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the saber rattling over ukraine ramps up. moscow will be forced to respond if nato steps up its presence nearby the border. >> not diplomatic, not political. >> ukraine's leading presidential candidate tells cnbc exclusively that if elected, he'll engage with russia but he won't compromise on the crimea or closer ties to europe. britain's financial regulator has fined barclays 26 million pounds over failings related to gold prices. a former employee at the bank has been fined and banned from trading. >>> and stocks in thailand slump as the country's military bans 155 people from leaving the country. procedure the power marking thailand's 19th coup in just 82 years. >>> we're an hour and a half into the trading day in europe. equities fairly flood, ftse 100 down 0.2%. saga this morning, ipo'd at the bottom of the range. maybe it suggests that the demand for ipos is cooling somewhat. the ftse mib is up 1%. business climate index coming in weaker than expected. 110.4. it was 111.2 in april. they are talking about a lull in the g
the saber rattling over ukraine ramps up. moscow will be forced to respond if nato steps up its presence nearby the border. >> not diplomatic, not political. >> ukraine's leading presidential candidate tells cnbc exclusively that if elected, he'll engage with russia but he won't compromise on the crimea or closer ties to europe. britain's financial regulator has fined barclays 26 million pounds over failings related to gold prices. a former employee at the bank has been fined and...
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. >>> a violent corner is turned in ukraine. the ukrainian army surrounding a russian-controlled town before attacking. these are the images pro-russians fighting back with anti-aircraft weapons downing at least one helicopter. there are cabots today on both sides. >>> plus a new report from financial advisers. >>> hi, ty. we start this hour with jobs in the usa. the market we actually may be muted for a couple reasons. low participation, and the new violence in ukraine and the real threat of war. the s&p 500 is still positive. nasdaq is positive by about a tenth of a percent, and the russell 2000 is positive as well. the ten-year note, the yield is 2.59%. bob pisani, kenny polcari are standing by, but first, steve, that 288,000 created, enough to move the market, but it's the participation rate, the lowest we have seen in some time, that seems to be a bigger social sure. issue. >> i think this jobs report, at least the establishment side, the one that asks employers how many they hired, it's strong enough to prompt what i think
. >>> a violent corner is turned in ukraine. the ukrainian army surrounding a russian-controlled town before attacking. these are the images pro-russians fighting back with anti-aircraft weapons downing at least one helicopter. there are cabots today on both sides. >>> plus a new report from financial advisers. >>> hi, ty. we start this hour with jobs in the usa. the market we actually may be muted for a couple reasons. low participation, and the new violence in...
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ukraine. we'll be joined by the former uk ambassador to russia. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> hello. warm welcome to the final "worldwide exchange" of the week here on cnbc. equities weighted to the downside in europe. around about 7-3 decliners currently outpacing advancers on the dow jones 600. by the close of play yesterday the ftse was up around 43 points, the dax up nearly a percent. this morning, the ftse is down a quarter percent, cac current dune nearly 0.5% and the ftse mib currently off 0.6%. the nikkei up 0.25%, fairly flat in the hang seng, the kospi up a third. china cpi up at an annual rate of 1.8%. the smallest rise in 18 months. producer prices down around 2%. the 26th straight falling producer prices. there is certainly scope and room for the people's bank of china to add more stimulus if it needs to. we'll be talking about that fairly shortly. now, some of the leading stocks i mentioned, petrifact, down after t
ukraine. we'll be joined by the former uk ambassador to russia. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> hello. warm welcome to the final "worldwide exchange" of the week here on cnbc. equities weighted to the downside in europe. around about 7-3 decliners currently outpacing advancers on the dow jones 600. by the close of play yesterday the ftse was up around 43 points, the dax up nearly a percent....
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all of this comes as we see eastern ukraine and southern ukraine increasingly under a lack of control. kiev had to send in a new specially created special forces unit into odessa in order to try to take control of the city. then the police literally caught on tape, giving up, putting down their shields and kiev completely losing control of the southern city, not just an eastern city. there you can see the unrest. there's a report out friday about victory day, which could be incredibly violent, according to some reports. >> steve liesman is here. he's going to take the other side of the stock trade, but before we get to that, i understand you might have some breaking news? >> and only at cnbc with the segue from ukraine violence to the senior survey, because it all goes into the pot, but the survey is out, the measure of credit standards and the demand at the leading banks, and according to the survey, banks also reported higher demand for those sorts of loans. that's a good sign. they also eased standards when it came to the consumer for credit card and auto loans, but they tightened
all of this comes as we see eastern ukraine and southern ukraine increasingly under a lack of control. kiev had to send in a new specially created special forces unit into odessa in order to try to take control of the city. then the police literally caught on tape, giving up, putting down their shields and kiev completely losing control of the southern city, not just an eastern city. there you can see the unrest. there's a report out friday about victory day, which could be incredibly violent,...
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>> ukraine is a sovereign nation. what they do internally to quell what the russians call separativeseparate i separateists, what he calls terrorists, who poroshenko has is legitimacy from a vast number of ukrainians who are able to vote, 33 million out of 36 million were able to vote. it gave him an overwhelming mandate, 54% in a field of 21 people. he obviously feels he has got the authority to go in pretty tough on donetsk and luhansk and remove what he calls terrorist almosts. his point is he doesn't believe these people should be allowed to turn this country into, in his words, another somalia-type situation. the russians feel they have a vested interest in that part of the reengen and are asking mr. poroshenko to tread very carefully. what is very clear is there have been tens, if not over a hundred deaths in the latest 24 hours of violence around donetsk airport which of course is symbolic as well, because that is where poroshenko said he's first going to concentrate on rebuilding the nationhood of this country
>> ukraine is a sovereign nation. what they do internally to quell what the russians call separativeseparate i separateists, what he calls terrorists, who poroshenko has is legitimacy from a vast number of ukrainians who are able to vote, 33 million out of 36 million were able to vote. it gave him an overwhelming mandate, 54% in a field of 21 people. he obviously feels he has got the authority to go in pretty tough on donetsk and luhansk and remove what he calls terrorist almosts. his...
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meanwhile, let's bring you up to speed with the latest in ukraine. reports of casualties in eastern ukraine today after the country's military has launched a large operation to regain control of the town of slovyansk. sources say pro-russian separatists have strengthened their hold on donetsk after taking another government building. prime minister yanukovych has warned ukraine it entering its most dangerous ten days as soon as it became independent in 1991. those developments come as warsaw prepares to host energy talks today with the energy minister and eu ministers from russia and ukraine. the german chancellor, angela merkel called vladimir putin to urge him not to interfere. she's also reportedly asked for the russian president's help to secure the release of the osc members being held by rebels. americale is set to discuss the crisis further when she meets with president obama in washington later. >>> in poland, they seem to be taking an economic hit. data shows manufacturing expansion slowed to its lowest level since last summer in april. and
meanwhile, let's bring you up to speed with the latest in ukraine. reports of casualties in eastern ukraine today after the country's military has launched a large operation to regain control of the town of slovyansk. sources say pro-russian separatists have strengthened their hold on donetsk after taking another government building. prime minister yanukovych has warned ukraine it entering its most dangerous ten days as soon as it became independent in 1991. those developments come as warsaw...
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. >> do you accept the legitimacy of the election that is going to take place on sunday in ukraine? >> translator: he's a different man to deal with. where did you get the guy? >> where did we get that guy? we got him from cnbc in europe, he is jeff cutmore. he will join us from russia, st. petersburg. he made headlines all over the world. you can tell he really challenged president putin. >> fascinating stuff. sue is in the house today, and we will take you to petersburg very shortly. but first another big day for stocks. let's look at the dow as we head into the long weekend. about a third of a period. the nasdaq up a half percent. 21-point gain there. s&p a third of a% at 1899, and the russell reversing some recent losses, up about nine points right now. >> you know how i love the transports. >> you are a transport kind of girl. >> i love the rails the yield is 2.534%. our list of stocks that are moving big today starts with hewlett-packard. pup 6.75. gamestop is up. tripadviser, discovery communications and garmin also having significant percentage gains in today's trading day.
. >> do you accept the legitimacy of the election that is going to take place on sunday in ukraine? >> translator: he's a different man to deal with. where did you get the guy? >> where did we get that guy? we got him from cnbc in europe, he is jeff cutmore. he will join us from russia, st. petersburg. he made headlines all over the world. you can tell he really challenged president putin. >> fascinating stuff. sue is in the house today, and we will take you to...
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he lost the ukraine. his guy was in charge, his guy is gone, and he moves his chips along the border to still have a card to play, but ultimately he no longer has ukraine. this sunday's election could pak his defeat that much worse. >> i agree, steve. they've consistently miscalculated ukraine. i think for the past more than a year, especially sticking by yanukovych when he had absolutely no support >> i think they're miscalculating in eastern ukraine. there was no general uprising. he fomented some civil unrest, but partial they were not joined by, which is why the strategy looks to be changing a bit. >> absolutely. a lot of the ukrainian journalists joked that the done -- >> this situation within the rush stock market, i bring that up. some been is making money over there. >> and it also fell pretty precipitously. so it's kind of back where it was. russia has always been a place that is -- makes a roller coaster seem like a placid ride. when you go in there -- i think we calculated one time that there w
he lost the ukraine. his guy was in charge, his guy is gone, and he moves his chips along the border to still have a card to play, but ultimately he no longer has ukraine. this sunday's election could pak his defeat that much worse. >> i agree, steve. they've consistently miscalculated ukraine. i think for the past more than a year, especially sticking by yanukovych when he had absolutely no support >> i think they're miscalculating in eastern ukraine. there was no general uprising....
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it's not ukraine, where is that? it's almost, ukraine? okay, but makes us look even better? bob? >> yeah, i think that's right. look, it's not as if the u.s. and the west have been entirely unified on this. there are economic interests at play. it's not just about geography and politics, as you well know. i think putin has known that all along and said they, the europeans need some things that i make, natural gas among others. as a result, is not as clear-cut as the good guys versus the bad guys. >> you know, john, the two best dogs i ever owned were my ugly. muss from the street. that's a metaphor i think for this market. to bob pisani's point, why do people treat it like a ugly market? why do they hate it? all we've done is double in more than a couple years. >> i think as bob was saying, the markets around the world are a bid better, but is it enough to drive the markets? is it the fed? the central banks? right now on why in the markets -- and i think that's what people have to begin to deal with. some of the historic things being learned -- people have to look at they longer-
it's not ukraine, where is that? it's almost, ukraine? okay, but makes us look even better? bob? >> yeah, i think that's right. look, it's not as if the u.s. and the west have been entirely unified on this. there are economic interests at play. it's not just about geography and politics, as you well know. i think putin has known that all along and said they, the europeans need some things that i make, natural gas among others. as a result, is not as clear-cut as the good guys versus the...
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he's got an oil business in ukraine. let's bring in managing director of public court and oilprice.com contributor robert bench. robert, good to see you. first time on "street signs," i believe, so welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> you just heard mandy, michelle and i talking about this. is it safe to do business in ukraine right now? >> for the very brave, yes. unfortunately for us, we've been very brave. we've been there -- my business partners are ukrainian. we've been operating in ukraine -- i have been there for 15 years. >> do you think, robert, sorry to interrupt, there is a chance that ukraine will be -- i don't want to say overthrown, right, but will roll over and either become part of russia again or go so pro-russian a government that your businesses are at risk? >> ultimately, no. i think what's happening right now is putin is trying to create as much chaos prior to the presidential election. i think he's being encouraged. he's certainly encouraged by the success he had in crimea. he's certainly encoura
he's got an oil business in ukraine. let's bring in managing director of public court and oilprice.com contributor robert bench. robert, good to see you. first time on "street signs," i believe, so welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> you just heard mandy, michelle and i talking about this. is it safe to do business in ukraine right now? >> for the very brave, yes. unfortunately for us, we've been very brave. we've been there -- my business partners are ukrainian....
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liquid natural gas can be tankered over to europe and ukraine. keystone is so important here. >> do you agree, ed? is that an issue that will resonate? you have to find issues that will resonate on a local level for this election coming up in november. will jobs be it? keystone it? >> what about obamacare? >> first of all, if i were the president, i'd say i'm for the keystone pipeline if it's part of a comprehensive energy bill. let's get to work and in the next 30 days let's have a comprehensive energy bill that will really spur the economy at every level. i will give you keystone because it's an important part of an overall bill, that's number one. number two, remember, an i'm all for those jobs, but those jobs are temporary jobs. those aren't long-term jobs. >> they may be long-term jobs, we don't know that. >> the other thing, obamacare. >> once the pipeline is created. >> obamacare has incentivized part-timers. if you work the 30th hour, you've got to pay the cost. if you hire the 50th worker, you've got to pay the cost. i must say obamacare
liquid natural gas can be tankered over to europe and ukraine. keystone is so important here. >> do you agree, ed? is that an issue that will resonate? you have to find issues that will resonate on a local level for this election coming up in november. will jobs be it? keystone it? >> what about obamacare? >> first of all, if i were the president, i'd say i'm for the keystone pipeline if it's part of a comprehensive energy bill. let's get to work and in the next 30 days let's...
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we also have more violence in ukraine. we're going to show you a picture of people arrested for allegedly shooting down helicopters. >>> bob, what do you think? is the rate driver of action? >> that's really what's -- we have this jobs report when putin said they wanted a security council meeting, that's when the market moved. i want to show you the s&p 500, that was the big mover. there it is, when he called for a security council meeting. here we are sitting right at the lows of the day. gold stock moved up. there you go, look at that move on gold stocks moving up. overall, pretty interesting day. the ipo market hitting a bit of a correction territory. aries management, priced at $19. now as $18.31. over on the nasdaq. >> quick follow-up. i hope that screaming in the background was for, by the way. but i'm wondering how much higher you think the market might be if it wasn't for ukraine. we saw a move to the down side. on the s&p 500 that can you clearly attribute to the ukraine. right now that's 80, 90 points on the dow,
we also have more violence in ukraine. we're going to show you a picture of people arrested for allegedly shooting down helicopters. >>> bob, what do you think? is the rate driver of action? >> that's really what's -- we have this jobs report when putin said they wanted a security council meeting, that's when the market moved. i want to show you the s&p 500, that was the big mover. there it is, when he called for a security council meeting. here we are sitting right at the...
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>> well, this is what's facing ukraine. on the one hand it's a brink of crisis with macro economic problems. this is a huge program, $17 billion is massive, well over ukraine's quota at the imf and it should free up additional funding, too, from the world bank and eu and from bilateral governments, too, from the u.s. as well. but this has all gone on the economic side. there's a political angle to all of this, too. really. the center is now losing control. this is the worry in development over the past week or so, that these, the country is now clearly in the hands of separatists in parts of the east of the country. it's difficult to see much -- >> we're going toward the elections. one wonders if that changes anything. >> i think it may well do. it could be a flash point for further trouble. it's difficult to see a way out of this, that we will see political stability. so, for example, if the pro-western lobby win the elections, that will clearly exacerbate tensions in the east. if it's indecisive, you'll end up with a peri
>> well, this is what's facing ukraine. on the one hand it's a brink of crisis with macro economic problems. this is a huge program, $17 billion is massive, well over ukraine's quota at the imf and it should free up additional funding, too, from the world bank and eu and from bilateral governments, too, from the u.s. as well. but this has all gone on the economic side. there's a political angle to all of this, too. really. the center is now losing control. this is the worry in development...
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keir simmons, nbc news correspondent in ukraine. still to come, the ipo lock up period comes to it p a he sait . futures with a flattish start. at delta we're investing billions of dollars, improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we'll raise it yet again. >>> 40% slump of fixed income sends barclays into the red. mixed picture for swiss banks. ubs trades hire. credit suisse shares take a hit after reports it will pay a big p perger than expected to fine to resolve the tax proeb. and hollande trying to get better offers for alston. and japan's prime minister says the nation is truly on the verge of moving out of deflation. >> for nearly 20 years, japan has suffered under deflation. merely by owning an asset, its value increases, deflation is a terrible demon. >>> good morning. ism helping markets to a positive close last night. slim gains in dow, 17 points. this morning we have slim gains at the start. nasdaq currently just around five points above fair value but pretty much on
keir simmons, nbc news correspondent in ukraine. still to come, the ipo lock up period comes to it p a he sait . futures with a flattish start. at delta we're investing billions of dollars, improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we'll raise it yet again. >>> 40% slump of fixed income sends barclays into the red. mixed picture for swiss banks. ubs trades hire. credit suisse shares take a hit after reports it will pay a big p...
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and the situation in ukraine taking a very new and deadly turn. ukrainian troops fighting it out with russian separatists, dozens reportedly killed, the locus of the action an airport in do nesk. there's a lot to tell you about. >>> let's check in on this record-setting day so far. hi, sue. we have very good story lines and a lot on our plate happening right now at the nasdaq and on the floor here. seema mody is uptown in times square. first, though, as you can see, bob is standing right next to millennium. we're starting this trading week off with a bet of a bang. >> i did a story last week saying that the traders have been complaining about getting chopped up, they haven't made any money this year. since that, look at the s&p 500. we put together four up days in a row. we haven't had four up days since going back to april. so sell in may, go away, look at the last few mays. last year we had a good year in may, 2013 up 2%, 2014, now up 1.3% in the s&p 500. so sell in may and go away is not exactly working very well in the last couple years. what'
and the situation in ukraine taking a very new and deadly turn. ukrainian troops fighting it out with russian separatists, dozens reportedly killed, the locus of the action an airport in do nesk. there's a lot to tell you about. >>> let's check in on this record-setting day so far. hi, sue. we have very good story lines and a lot on our plate happening right now at the nasdaq and on the floor here. seema mody is uptown in times square. first, though, as you can see, bob is standing...
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ambassador for ukraine. how significant has getting to the election been, and the president has a clear mandate, mr. poroshenko. how important is that? >> hugely important turning point. victory for the ukrainian people. president-elect poroshenko will come with a clear mandate. he was very public during the election. he wants to move this democracy forward. >> we were in st. petersburg friday, it appeared that jeffrey got out of mr. putin, he will respect the will of the people and will work with the new president. is that the understanding, that they can work together? >> we hope so. we know mr. poroshenko wants to have a strong relationship with russia. he speaks for all the ukrainian people. we hope very much moscow will get down to business. >> you say that, i spoke to politicians who believe we need a third round of sanctions in order to get the russians to the table. what's your impression, sir? do we need a third round of sanctions? >> first of all, there are still russian behaviors question are deep
ambassador for ukraine. how significant has getting to the election been, and the president has a clear mandate, mr. poroshenko. how important is that? >> hugely important turning point. victory for the ukrainian people. president-elect poroshenko will come with a clear mandate. he was very public during the election. he wants to move this democracy forward. >> we were in st. petersburg friday, it appeared that jeffrey got out of mr. putin, he will respect the will of the people and...
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a lot of that relates to how he views the ukraine crisis. and i said to him, president obama has described your position as being on the wrong side of history. he came back at that and basically said, who is president obama to judge? >> translator: who is he to judge? who is he to judge, seriously? if he wants to judge people, why don't he get a job in court somewhere? >> reporter: so the president really -- i don't know if this is the wrong use of terminology -- not taking any prisoners when it comes to the ongoing relationship with washington and president obama. the other big issue on the table is impact of sanctions for the u.s. economy and plenty of businesspeople here in st. petersburg have told us that they are starting to bite on their business. again, around this, president putin saying he's very unhappy with the sanctions that have been imposed and the prospect of further sanctions. let's listen to what he said. >> translator: these sanctions are absolutely illegal and unlawful, and, of course, they decrease -- they make our relati
a lot of that relates to how he views the ukraine crisis. and i said to him, president obama has described your position as being on the wrong side of history. he came back at that and basically said, who is president obama to judge? >> translator: who is he to judge? who is he to judge, seriously? if he wants to judge people, why don't he get a job in court somewhere? >> reporter: so the president really -- i don't know if this is the wrong use of terminology -- not taking any...
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but still big problems aheaedea politically and economically for ukraine. the relationship between mr. putin and mr. obama. i think that looks broken at the moment. back to you. >> worth pointing out. steve, safe journey home to lond london. steve sedgwick. before we let you go let's mention the column you have out this weekend, "the rise financially of the american artist norman rockwell" or at least on the sale of the paintings and prices they're getting. >> it's my memorial day theme column. there are these interesting similarities between the stock and art market. in this case it can pay to be a contrarian. normen rockwell was probably most reviled by the critics of any major american artist of the 20th century and all of a sudden his paintings are selling for tens of millions of dollars. a painting that sold in 1995 sold for over $9 million. almost 14% annual rate of return. >> isn't that a reflection of the insanity of the art market which many would argue is the next rich hedge fund guy who realizes he has so much money doesn't know what to do with i
but still big problems aheaedea politically and economically for ukraine. the relationship between mr. putin and mr. obama. i think that looks broken at the moment. back to you. >> worth pointing out. steve, safe journey home to lond london. steve sedgwick. before we let you go let's mention the column you have out this weekend, "the rise financially of the american artist norman rockwell" or at least on the sale of the paintings and prices they're getting. >> it's my...
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he says he's pulling some troops back from the border with ukraine. what do we know? >> all of this is being interpreted as him trying to calm down the situation in eastern ukraine and perhaps fend off any coming sanctions that might have occurred. ahead of what's expected to be a very violent weekend buff a referendum that he said shouldn't happen and because of a big holiday. >> they were so works that the russian market was clearly worried it would trigger the sanctions that was talked about on friday, if they destabilize eye crane too much, they can't hold the elections, there would be level 3 sanctions. >> may 25th is the election day, but if the eastern half of the country is completely embroiled, how do you have a credible election? 6% in a nanoseconds for the russian market, and then the russian ruble rallied dramatically. this is a one-day chart. the blue part is the dollar. so they saw this as wow, dleg if he's walking it back, merkel has an out to say, see? she doesn't necessarily want to do sanctions as much as eu does. >>> it's been several weeks that sch
he says he's pulling some troops back from the border with ukraine. what do we know? >> all of this is being interpreted as him trying to calm down the situation in eastern ukraine and perhaps fend off any coming sanctions that might have occurred. ahead of what's expected to be a very violent weekend buff a referendum that he said shouldn't happen and because of a big holiday. >> they were so works that the russian market was clearly worried it would trigger the sanctions that was...
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the ukraine situation having an impact on socgen's earnings. >>> ross westgate, thank you. >>> disney reporting after the bell, easily beating second quarter earnings expectations. johning us right now is david bank, managing director at rbc capital markets and david, we've been talking about "frozen" this morning. obviously those numbers were a blowout. what can you tell us about the rest of the quarter? >> i think the quarter itself, the studio was the blow away. results at espn were solid. results at the parks were solid. results were solid across the board. what really stood out, you know, what we say to investors is, what you want to avoid in media is content risk. right? >> right. >> you don't want to take the risk, buy something, they have to do good con ten. what was staggering -- actually less and less as time goes on. these businesses are cable companies. they're cable channel companies, driven by affiliate fees. the studio is the one part of the content risk. what stood out was just the pipeline for the next several years. you know, you've got "star wars" coming. you've got
the ukraine situation having an impact on socgen's earnings. >>> ross westgate, thank you. >>> disney reporting after the bell, easily beating second quarter earnings expectations. johning us right now is david bank, managing director at rbc capital markets and david, we've been talking about "frozen" this morning. obviously those numbers were a blowout. what can you tell us about the rest of the quarter? >> i think the quarter itself, the studio was the blow...
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ukraine is driving this market. who would have ever thought we w would all be sitting here a couple of months ago thinking if the fomc would take the backseat to anything. that's what is going on right now. if you look at the day lay chart and s&p and cross it with gold, the s&p wants to head lower. it's looking for an excuse at this point. >> i don't know. i think there's some real fundamental reasons why people aren't necessarily buying into this market. i mean, we know that chuy ma is slowing. so and i'm not saying it's going into the can but i'm saying that we know that's slowing. we know that europe is probably not going to do qe anymore which was baked into their prices there. so you have a slowing. >> i'm not sure you do know that. >> well, they haven't done it yet and the markets are telling you they're probably not going to and there are hurdles to them actually doing it. >> but again i could take the total opposite side. chuy ma has been sideways for two years. it's not falling apart. u.s. is actually acce
ukraine is driving this market. who would have ever thought we w would all be sitting here a couple of months ago thinking if the fomc would take the backseat to anything. that's what is going on right now. if you look at the day lay chart and s&p and cross it with gold, the s&p wants to head lower. it's looking for an excuse at this point. >> i don't know. i think there's some real fundamental reasons why people aren't necessarily buying into this market. i mean, we know that...
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. >>> violence continues in ukraine. the u.s. eyes more -- keir simmons has more. >> reporter: hey, brian, 800 pro-russian militia are holding out in a town near here, about an hour and a half away, battles continue. we hear today there have been eight killed, 16 gunhot wounds. that number may rise, because yesterday we were hearing about 30 pro-russian militia and around four ukrainian soldiers killed. of course, we saw that helicopter downed. that was the third time in a week that a ukraine cran military helicopters had been shot down the. >>> down the road in donetsyk, there are military men in uniforms effectively running the city. for a while the regional airport was closed to flights today. to give a sense of the sensement here, we saw one long line at a bank, people demanding their money, weren't able to get it. the people said to us, maybe if russia takes over, they will be able to bring us stability. there's a lot of animosity in this eastern part of ukraine. it's not everyone's view, but there's a lot of animosity towar
. >>> violence continues in ukraine. the u.s. eyes more -- keir simmons has more. >> reporter: hey, brian, 800 pro-russian militia are holding out in a town near here, about an hour and a half away, battles continue. we hear today there have been eight killed, 16 gunhot wounds. that number may rise, because yesterday we were hearing about 30 pro-russian militia and around four ukrainian soldiers killed. of course, we saw that helicopter downed. that was the third time in a week...
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ukraine. or a lack of good fixed income options because there there's a shortage of high quality bonds worldwide. these yield seekers would prefer to oent lievgz procter & gamble, kellogg, general mills. doesn't matter if they're doing well or not. they've got genuine safety yields lovee blankets. they also know they can get lucky with a break jum. look the one in mondolese. sold it. caused the stock to soar 8.2%. or merck. the consumer product division. the rumors. they like the reits. their yields beat the heck out of treasuries, especially after taxes. you put it all together, you've got the pain in the internet but the belief in american industrial and oil and gas ascend arngs the desire to put safety first because of the shocking decline in interest rates and you can see the results in today's prices. let me give you the bottom line. get used to this kind of action today as the first damp the highly once momentum stock cohort is still seen as having little or no value even after the avala
ukraine. or a lack of good fixed income options because there there's a shortage of high quality bonds worldwide. these yield seekers would prefer to oent lievgz procter & gamble, kellogg, general mills. doesn't matter if they're doing well or not. they've got genuine safety yields lovee blankets. they also know they can get lucky with a break jum. look the one in mondolese. sold it. caused the stock to soar 8.2%. or merck. the consumer product division. the rumors. they like the reits....
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as well as the fact that ukraine is a large producer. and then the base metals markets, indonesia banned exports in january -- >> right. >> -- to boost domestic processing, and obviously, russia is a huge producer of nickel. so those two markets have really kicked off, and we've seen good momentum and our models are following that. at the end of the day, i think putin is playing chess here, we're playing checkers and the crisis will probably get worse before it gets better. >> mike, good to talk to you. we'll see you soon. >> you as well. >> all right. mike harris, campbell & company. >> joe, you want to take a quick read of not only the soft trade that he's talking about from a commodity spectrum standpoint, but gold. >> yeah. >> you don't like gold, i know that. what about soft commodities? >> i don't like gold. i like the soft commodities. that's something you could look at. obviously, we've talked about energy over and over again, both oil and natural gas. that's a great way to protect yourself in a portfolio against what could be co
as well as the fact that ukraine is a large producer. and then the base metals markets, indonesia banned exports in january -- >> right. >> -- to boost domestic processing, and obviously, russia is a huge producer of nickel. so those two markets have really kicked off, and we've seen good momentum and our models are following that. at the end of the day, i think putin is playing chess here, we're playing checkers and the crisis will probably get worse before it gets better. >>...
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what weekend elections mean for the future of ukraine and global relations. ♪
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the country's prime minister warns ukraine is entering its most dangerous ten days since independence. >>> and the u.s. economy is expected to show one of the biggest gains in hiring in months in april. with companies in all sectors putting out the help wanted signs. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> a warm welcome to today's
the country's prime minister warns ukraine is entering its most dangerous ten days since independence. >>> and the u.s. economy is expected to show one of the biggest gains in hiring in months in april. with companies in all sectors putting out the help wanted signs. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> a warm welcome to today's
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ukraine and eu. >> yes. i suppose, it's difficult to forecast what will happen because it is a political situation. all you can do is concentrate on your side of the business rather than the demand. what will you do to protect yourself? >> what we have said also this morning, we have said it is an underlying performance. if you don't include currency exchange rates, our outlook for the year is that as it was in february. lower expectation in terms of russia and russian market. because of strong performance in western europe and positive performance in asia, we believe we are able to compensate across the group for a more negative development in russia under underlying organic business. we have taking down assumption on exchange rates. so in reported terms we are saying we'd deliver low single digit increase in earnings and no longer midsingle digit increase in earnings. that's mainly driven by the worsening -- or the worst outlook for the ruble versus euro. >> let's talk about elsewhere. western european sal
ukraine and eu. >> yes. i suppose, it's difficult to forecast what will happen because it is a political situation. all you can do is concentrate on your side of the business rather than the demand. what will you do to protect yourself? >> what we have said also this morning, we have said it is an underlying performance. if you don't include currency exchange rates, our outlook for the year is that as it was in february. lower expectation in terms of russia and russian market....
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he took a much softer tone about ukraine. pretty much holding on to the big gains we saw thursday and friday. let's get to india's markets as well. the two marriage indexes at all time record highs. it is expected when we get the exit polls in an hour and a half -- no. polls close 8:30. in india, 6:00 p.m. there. a half hour later, we will get the exit polls. that's why we see the major indian stock markets rally. this is a month-long voting procedure. exit polls today. they start counting thursday or friday. we hear the results later this week or early next week. >> the turnout is supposed to be near the highest we have seen. 66% is where it's tracking right now. >> you see the coverage of barron's. at times it has been negative towards investors. retroactive taxes. >> just trying to break through the bureaucracies. >> yes. >> we were told four or five years ago a ceo said he would rather do business in china. >> this is the guy head of central bank who comes on our show as a market master, it could do great things. in ya, i
he took a much softer tone about ukraine. pretty much holding on to the big gains we saw thursday and friday. let's get to india's markets as well. the two marriage indexes at all time record highs. it is expected when we get the exit polls in an hour and a half -- no. polls close 8:30. in india, 6:00 p.m. there. a half hour later, we will get the exit polls. that's why we see the major indian stock markets rally. this is a month-long voting procedure. exit polls today. they start counting...
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lots of smart people writing off ukraine, simply hoping he doesn't decide to go after poland next. in the process, putin has gutted his own economy. he doesn't seem to care. japan's ap tempts to kick its economy into gear, well, i think we can say now they failed. they've only papered over the real weakness that comes from a closed and shrinking society. i can't believe how disappointing -- you know the guy come in, the prime minister. it's not working, man. they put through some tax increases recently, that's the positive news flow over there. no wonder their market's down double digits in the currency. it's been bad in japan. as for brazil, oh, you want japan bad, this place has gone awol. the construction for sports facilities way behind schedule. crime's way up. drilling program seems to have vanished into thin air. just -- just the ether. they're not -- i don't know what happened. that was going to be the biggest drilling project in the world. brazil's economy is in a tail spin, it wouldn't shock me if it went the way of argentina. let's hope it doesn't come venezuela. the eme
lots of smart people writing off ukraine, simply hoping he doesn't decide to go after poland next. in the process, putin has gutted his own economy. he doesn't seem to care. japan's ap tempts to kick its economy into gear, well, i think we can say now they failed. they've only papered over the real weakness that comes from a closed and shrinking society. i can't believe how disappointing -- you know the guy come in, the prime minister. it's not working, man. they put through some tax increases...
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if you see what's going on with ukraine and the eu is standing firm together. it's the eu as a whole with the u.s., going to talk to putin. in terms of being too late? no. i think it's a question of understanding what the problem of the eu is. the elections are happening now are critical for europe. the turnout of elections has been going down in every election. what we have here is an identity problem. people do not understand the eu. we have to create a strong trend. >> when people ask you, what is the eu? right? what is your answer? this is the problem. clarify what the eu is. >> the eu is a hybrid between a federation and an international organization. but that is not exciting. >> what does it stand for? what does it mean. >> go for it. give me the exciting life. >> the reason we're passionate about europe, it's managed to maintain peace for the last 70 years. imagine what happened in yugoslavia 0 years ago with massacres and genocides. europe is still a volatile area of the world. the eu maintained peace which is something that's critical and we should not
if you see what's going on with ukraine and the eu is standing firm together. it's the eu as a whole with the u.s., going to talk to putin. in terms of being too late? no. i think it's a question of understanding what the problem of the eu is. the elections are happening now are critical for europe. the turnout of elections has been going down in every election. what we have here is an identity problem. people do not understand the eu. we have to create a strong trend. >> when people ask...
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weren't you in ukraine recently? you were in, what is it, turkey. i think that was the name. >> soma. >> where were you three days ago? did you fly into istanbul. then what do you do, take a car? how did you get there so quickly? >> so we were in eastern ukraine covering the separatist movement there. as the pro-russian militias were declaring bogus referendum. and then this mine tragedy happened. a couple of people were missing. one dead. our office here said this is a lot worse than initially reported. could be a few hundred dead, maybe more than that. turn issue airlines is accused of very expansive, very well connected hub. so we went straight from donetsk in ukraine, landed in istanbul with a flight to ismir, with&we made it in time for the "today" show. quick turnaround. we packed light. >> you have a home in istanbul or an apartment. >> i do. i pretty much live in istanbul, between istanbul and new york. these clashes took place right below my window in istanbul. i might be heading home from&cover the next live shots from outside my window. >
weren't you in ukraine recently? you were in, what is it, turkey. i think that was the name. >> soma. >> where were you three days ago? did you fly into istanbul. then what do you do, take a car? how did you get there so quickly? >> so we were in eastern ukraine covering the separatist movement there. as the pro-russian militias were declaring bogus referendum. and then this mine tragedy happened. a couple of people were missing. one dead. our office here said this is a lot...
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>> what the hell do i know about ukraine? i'm glad i'm not making those decisions. >> do you worry it will spill over? >> of course you worry a little. a pattern that reminds you of hitler. i render myself totally in competent to judge what should be done. >> either one of i want to follow up on that? >> we have a global economy. so when you have disputes between countries like europe's dependence on russian gas you sometimes will make -- to make political points you will sometimes take economic pain. it's a great debate what penalty should there be to discourage more takeover behavior. and you have the business count with one view in talking with the politicians. i don't think it is going to get terrible. it will be high on the list of concerns right now. >> you get a shift in pound list. it can set other forces in motion. nobody knows what they may be. they may be political popular conversations. you can never be sure on international matters what will be item 2, item 3, item 4. they have their own dynamic. so it's not a pl
>> what the hell do i know about ukraine? i'm glad i'm not making those decisions. >> do you worry it will spill over? >> of course you worry a little. a pattern that reminds you of hitler. i render myself totally in competent to judge what should be done. >> either one of i want to follow up on that? >> we have a global economy. so when you have disputes between countries like europe's dependence on russian gas you sometimes will make -- to make political points...
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tensions in ukraine factored into this but you're a bear so you're loving this. >> i'm a bear. it's funny, we get -- because we're the options guys, it is down on the year here. so there's a lot of disconnects. if you look at a couple of other things, the bonds, up about 10%, xlu up almost 15% and gold is up 8% on the year. there are investors that are reaching for some protection trades in a lot of ways. it's really important to note. this is a week we obviously had the fed confirm they are going to continue their taper and you know what, look at what bonds did. to me there's a big disconnect. it speaks to the fact that u.s. treasuries are the only safe haven asset on the planet. >> i don't want to get too wonky and i say that to you because you can get wonky. it did dip below and hit 12 but it's not telling us anything. when you look at what's going on in the bond market it's kind of confusing. >> i would agree with you. it is not particularly elevated although equities still are. both stock prices and prices of options are telling us we don't have a whole lot of reason to pa
tensions in ukraine factored into this but you're a bear so you're loving this. >> i'm a bear. it's funny, we get -- because we're the options guys, it is down on the year here. so there's a lot of disconnects. if you look at a couple of other things, the bonds, up about 10%, xlu up almost 15% and gold is up 8% on the year. there are investors that are reaching for some protection trades in a lot of ways. it's really important to note. this is a week we obviously had the fed confirm they...
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of course, tensions in the ukraine factored into this. but are you a bear, so you are loving this? >> i'm a bear. listen, it's funny, we get asked about this all the time, right here, so there is a lot of discheck. few mentioned the bonds, the yield is up 10%. sl su up 15% him gold is up 8% on the year. there are investors reaching for some protection trades in a lot of ways. i think it's important to note this is a week we obviously had the fed continue their taper. but, you foe what, listen what's behind this, so to me i think there is a big disconnect. u.s. treasuries are a safe haven on the planet. >> i want to get to the vick is 13, it hit terrestrial, it's not telling anything, the bond market vs. the vick, it's kind of conzoo fusing. >> the vick at its personal level is not elevated. ing whichties are. actually, stock prices are selling at, we don't have a whole lot of reason to panic. valuations are quite full, perhaps a turn above average. so it doesn't take a whole lot. well, the ukraine, that's one thing, bad economic data, your marginal economic data, especially with jo
of course, tensions in the ukraine factored into this. but are you a bear, so you are loving this? >> i'm a bear. listen, it's funny, we get asked about this all the time, right here, so there is a lot of discheck. few mentioned the bonds, the yield is up 10%. sl su up 15% him gold is up 8% on the year. there are investors reaching for some protection trades in a lot of ways. i think it's important to note this is a week we obviously had the fed continue their taper. but, you foe what,...
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or maybe something's lurking ki away from ukraine. but only a handful of people with deep pockets knows about it and they're frantically running to u.s. treasuries and away from everything else. and we'd probably be doing the exact same thing if we just knew what they were running from. so that makes people pull back. >> don't buy, don't buy. >> which is why this weekend is more important than keever. if the extraneous event occurs, we'll have to wait until the smoke clears, but if it doesn't happen, we have to accept this market will probably explode higher monday and there might not m be much we can do to take advantage t of it. because it should be up at the openinghe and i never want you buy up openings on monday. they have almost always ended badly. look, we wanted to put money together for the charitable trust, but, hey, i'm paranoid enough to want to know what happens this weekend, too. so with that in mind, let's see where we can at least try to make some money next week, again, don't buy an up opening on monday. .'t first up
or maybe something's lurking ki away from ukraine. but only a handful of people with deep pockets knows about it and they're frantically running to u.s. treasuries and away from everything else. and we'd probably be doing the exact same thing if we just knew what they were running from. so that makes people pull back. >> don't buy, don't buy. >> which is why this weekend is more important than keever. if the extraneous event occurs, we'll have to wait until the smoke clears, but if...
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coming up, pro russian separatists trying to seize an airport in ukraine. ukraine's new president vowing to use force to bring stability to the region. we will speak to nbc's chief foreign correspondent. richard engel will join us and austin goolsbee on what investors should be watching. a lot more on "squawk box" when we return. in today's market, a lot can happen in a second. with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to up to 75 market centers to look for the best possible price, maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investments. our one-second trade execution is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. call or click to open your fidelity account today. whon a certified pre-ownedan unlimitedmercedes-benz?nty what does it mean to drive as far as you want... for up to three years and be covered? it means your odometer... is there to record the memories. during the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event
coming up, pro russian separatists trying to seize an airport in ukraine. ukraine's new president vowing to use force to bring stability to the region. we will speak to nbc's chief foreign correspondent. richard engel will join us and austin goolsbee on what investors should be watching. a lot more on "squawk box" when we return. in today's market, a lot can happen in a second. with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to up to 75 market centers to...
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you guys have 20,000 locations in russia, 50,000 in ukraine. you had to suspend services during some of the sanctions that were imposed by the u.s. when will you resume those services? >> we have a very good business in russia. we have 20,000 locations and we have 15,000 locations in ukraine. it is only 2% of our revenue in russia and 1% of our revenue in ukraine. currently we don't see any impact that customers to use us for sending money from russia to -- >> no impact at all. >> excuse me, i couldn't hear you. >> no impact at all? we've had -- >> we didn't see a big impact on our revenues. we didn't see big impact on consumer behavior. people are using us. >> okay, great, good to know. thank you, sir. really appreciate it. >>> 40 minutes to go into the close here. the dow has been whip selling but it is up 23 points. the s&p 500 still negative along with the nasdaq, down 20. >>> is it time to put whole foods on your shopping list or should you heed the calls from some analysts that say the best days are behind it? don't miss our whole foods f
you guys have 20,000 locations in russia, 50,000 in ukraine. you had to suspend services during some of the sanctions that were imposed by the u.s. when will you resume those services? >> we have a very good business in russia. we have 20,000 locations and we have 15,000 locations in ukraine. it is only 2% of our revenue in russia and 1% of our revenue in ukraine. currently we don't see any impact that customers to use us for sending money from russia to -- >> no impact at all....
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ambassador to ukraine, geoff pyatt. first, just as we were starting to see a de-escalation or what we thought was a de-escalation in the last 24 hours, this has to be a setback that they are calling for a referendum this weekend. >> well, we're going to keep working on the diplomacy here. we think it's the best answer to a situation here in kiev. what i would emphasize regarding the acce separatists and the referendum that they are calling for on sunday, ukraine is not a country in turmoil. this is not a civil war. this is an isolated security problem and, as i said, we don't see this bogus referendum changing much of anything in terms of the political situation. >> does that make you question, though, how genuine president vladimir putin is in his efforts to try to defuse the situation and handle it in a diplomatic way? >> we've seen lots of mixed signals from vladimir putin starting with his declaration that his troops were not in crimea when indeed they were. certainly the two steps that president putin announced, if
ambassador to ukraine, geoff pyatt. first, just as we were starting to see a de-escalation or what we thought was a de-escalation in the last 24 hours, this has to be a setback that they are calling for a referendum this weekend. >> well, we're going to keep working on the diplomacy here. we think it's the best answer to a situation here in kiev. what i would emphasize regarding the acce separatists and the referendum that they are calling for on sunday, ukraine is not a country in...
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maybe hotter situation in ukraine could cause those types of fears. maybe just the gdp that came out at basically nothing in the first quarter. >> you don't think it was seasonal? >> of course. of course there was some seasonality to it, but it was weaker than people thought. it just seems to be another year of high expectations dashed somewhere around, you know, the end of the first quarter. here it happened again. i don't think that the 3% gdp forecast that was so prevalent in investor psychology at year end has a very good chance of coming through. the first quarter was nothing. >> we were leading into the segment, some people now see 4. >> i guess if you still with your 3-4 forecast, you better start predicting some 4s. if you got one, i don't think that changes much. a 4 after a zero averages 2. that's where we've been it seem like for years. the demographics in the united states are really important. it's just source radically demographics are shifting. one of the challenges we have is wlab force participation keeps dropping because of the retir
maybe hotter situation in ukraine could cause those types of fears. maybe just the gdp that came out at basically nothing in the first quarter. >> you don't think it was seasonal? >> of course. of course there was some seasonality to it, but it was weaker than people thought. it just seems to be another year of high expectations dashed somewhere around, you know, the end of the first quarter. here it happened again. i don't think that the 3% gdp forecast that was so prevalent in...
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when ukraine comes back on. this was a week where we paused and ukraine, you saw the multiple expansion go to the big cap stocks that have the great balance sheets and dividends and buybacks. >> why do we assume what is bad in ukraine is bad for us as well. could we not see which we saw a few years ago the u.s. a safe haven trade? >> a lot of our companies have big businesses in russia. take a look at pepsico, alcoa, adco on this week. tractor business. reminds me of the tractor factory in stalin grand the last stand they made in 1942. >> i know martin here a little bit. >> i like him. >> straight shooter, german guy living in georgia, whatever. the ad space in general, did you throw that out there because you like it or a metaphor for russia? general. >> i like it. deer reports next week. i always tell people when deer reports they -- the stock always goes up and then they manage to throw cold water on the conference call. be careful there. adco is a good company, doesn't have momentum right now. >> i worry, i
when ukraine comes back on. this was a week where we paused and ukraine, you saw the multiple expansion go to the big cap stocks that have the great balance sheets and dividends and buybacks. >> why do we assume what is bad in ukraine is bad for us as well. could we not see which we saw a few years ago the u.s. a safe haven trade? >> a lot of our companies have big businesses in russia. take a look at pepsico, alcoa, adco on this week. tractor business. reminds me of the tractor...
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europe is in the red are and dozens die in the ukraine. fall out from the massive customer data breach continues. warren buffet this morning explaining the vote around the compensation plan and more. first up greg steinhoffel is out. target has named john mulligan as ceo while the company searches for a new chief. >> but as time goes on, we are going to get down to the bottom of this. we are not going to rest until we know how that happened. but we are going to come out at the end of this a better company and we are going to make significant changes. going to remain an adviser as the search going on. i'm not sure he knew it was going to cost him his job. it has a good board. he has a good board and when this happened, it was surprising and very out of keeping with what we think of as target. earnings per share bounced back but i guess not enough but clearly the board felt this man couldn't handle this. i haven't got insight. you heard him say changes will come. but that is the case here and again, when you read these releases sometimes you
europe is in the red are and dozens die in the ukraine. fall out from the massive customer data breach continues. warren buffet this morning explaining the vote around the compensation plan and more. first up greg steinhoffel is out. target has named john mulligan as ceo while the company searches for a new chief. >> but as time goes on, we are going to get down to the bottom of this. we are not going to rest until we know how that happened. but we are going to come out at the end of this...
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you've got ukraine going on, europe gets 25% of their natural gas from russia. this is a motif of the suppliers to the gas industry. this motif is up 46 points. 20 points year to date. and a lot of this is the turmoil that's happening in the world, and that's what's driving the demand for this. >> what else? what else is hot right now? >> a motif called high-yield dividends. this is the top yielding companies in the s&p that haven't cut dividends in the last ten years. we've taken out companies that have underperformed over the last six months to avoid yield. personal -- dividend income as a percentage of personal income has doubled over the last two decades. so it's doing really well. and it's up 26 points. it's yielding 4.35% versus the s&p, which is yielding 1.8% right now. >> yeah. and i love his fracking plays, of course, hardeep because in particular, judge, we talked about them yesterday here on the show. silica and crr, those are two of the stocks that i would put into one of these motifs because they are what's helping people get the fracking oil and na
you've got ukraine going on, europe gets 25% of their natural gas from russia. this is a motif of the suppliers to the gas industry. this motif is up 46 points. 20 points year to date. and a lot of this is the turmoil that's happening in the world, and that's what's driving the demand for this. >> what else? what else is hot right now? >> a motif called high-yield dividends. this is the top yielding companies in the s&p that haven't cut dividends in the last ten years. we've...
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the ukraine and the situation with crimea. and the russian situation in general. you know, we sort of think here the russian economy is falling apart, in tatters. what is that going to mean for europe? what will that mean for the global economy? one of the big risks out here, scott, is there's a tail risk factor. is there something out there that could derail this very fragile recovery the united states is experiencing over the last five, six years? >> that's a question being asked as people look at what the ten-year is doing, barely hanging on above 2.5%. whether that is a reflection of a sputtering economy or whether it's more of a reflection of the simple fact that the federal reserve is engaged in the game and it is still a central ba bank-driven world that we're living in. >> i would argue it's the former. i think the economic data is good. it continues to come out bet other than expected, where it counts -- things like employment. and i think people want to be in the bonds for the protection aspect for tail risks like anthony was suggesting. i don't think pe
the ukraine and the situation with crimea. and the russian situation in general. you know, we sort of think here the russian economy is falling apart, in tatters. what is that going to mean for europe? what will that mean for the global economy? one of the big risks out here, scott, is there's a tail risk factor. is there something out there that could derail this very fragile recovery the united states is experiencing over the last five, six years? >> that's a question being asked as...